I'm excited. The upcoming conference is triggering the most embarrassing side of my inner-geek. I'm tweaking my business cards (with QR tags)... and I'm twittering!

1. Preparations

Put aside teacher stress. Put aside novel revisions. Sleep. Eat well. Count my blessings. Make time to review The Book. Focus on the joy-and-wonder of it all. My goalis to gain as much insight as I can about this story-craft field.

Overly complex QR tag.

2. Eye on Networking & Community

Experts emphasize the importance of personal relationships in the business. My goal is to simply introduce myself to authors & industry people, with a humble eye on searching for a place in this art production community.

3. Take-Aways

My hopeis to come back to my revision process with sharper focus. Another hope is to better understand this field in terms of the real people, so that I can better appreciate the business protocols and next steps.